The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-23
POULTRY ON THE FARM.
Suggestions Bearing on the Proper Mar
agemcnt OF Feathered Flocks.

Suggestions Bearing on the Proper Man
agement OF Feathered Flocks.
Poultry raising will pay larger per-
centage twice over if properly looked
after than any other stock on the farm.
But few farmers devote much time to
the care of their poultry. The fowls are
allowed to roost under the sheds, in the
cow house or horse stable, or wherever
they can find convenient corner.
Now, we say to farmers, why not give
the poultry showP Put up suitable
building, it will cost but very little in
comparison to the profit you will reap
after your poultry is housed in it, pro-
viding You bestow on them a little kind
attention. Do not think that because
they forage for their living in summer
they can do SO the year round. Many
farmers allow their fowls to subsist
almost entirely from what they can
pick up around the stables and barn
yard during the winter, and it
is this class that we most often
find complaining that ''poultry.keeping
does not pay" Could you reasonably
expect to derive profit under such cir
cumstancesp Emphatically no! Then
why not erect comfortable house for
themp 1t does not take very large
amount of room to hold from thirty-five
to sixty hens, especially where they
have their liberty during the day. The
building however, should be well ven-
tilated and Mt the same time comforta-
Bile. The droppings should be removed
at least once week and during winter
alenty of gravel, bone dust, oyster
shells or ashes and plentiful supply
Of well water should be kept easy of ac-
cess. The farmer must not think (pre-
suming he has supplied himself with all
the above) the fowls need no further
attention. They must be fed and that,
Zoo, regularly and their food must vary.
The first or morning meal should always
be soft-one-third wheat bian and two
thirds meal, mixed with warm water or
milk, adding Occasionally cayenne
pepper, salt, and often or always pota-
toes, either baked or boiled, the former
preferred. Occasionally give vege-
tables such as cabbage, beets.
etc. At night feed grain-corn, oats,
wheat OF buckwheat. Sunfiower seeds
are also excellent by way of change.
Variety of food is the object and no
place can it be easier obtained than on
the farm. If fed regularly and as indi-
Gated the fowls will give results in lay
ing that will surprise any one who has
been in the habit Of feeding on one
thing exclusively. 1t is mistaken idea
to suppose that the rearing of poultry
demands the great amount of labor
and expense that is often claimed.
Where only one variety Is kept rs on
most Of farms, the trouble is compara-
lively little, and taken in proportion
with the time and labor devoted to other
stock and the capital invested, the
profits are more than double.
We known many farmers who, with
In the past few years have grown to
take quite an interest and pridein their
feathered focks and they now realize
that with little expense large profits are
derived. The same farmers ten years
ago would not take time to even see
that the fowls had roosting place pro-
vided not exposed to the, cold freezing
winds Of winter. Michigan Poultry
Keeper.